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Has technology made pre-holiday stress a thing of the past?

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Summary of story from BBCNews, August 15, 2011

Has the arrival of smartphones, laptops and mobile internet fundamentally changed the way people take holidays?

Journalist Lucy Kellaway has coined the ‘worliday’.

A worliday is a bit like a holiday and a bit like work, Kellaway says, and  describes her last worliday: “I would wake up, do a few emails and then go for a walk by the sea.”

“Later, I might write an article sitting under a window with a view of a stream. After that, I’d go outside to light the coals to barbecue a sausage.”

Stress experts say taking time completely off work is essential if we are to connect with our families and with our souls and recharge our batteries.

But the advantage about ‘worlidays’ is that there is no stark transition between the two states, and you don’t have to make a wild dash to get everything done before you leave. With the plus that the workload won’t be accumulating for when you return.

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